Boyd Webb
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/ 8 November 2007

NPA ‘pleased’ with Zuma appeals

The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) on Thursday expressed its satisfaction after it won all its appeals in the Supreme Court of Appeal in its legal battle with African National Congress deputy president Jacob Zuma. ”It brings certainty and finality at least up to this point on the contested issues,” said NPA spokesperson Tlali Tlali.

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/ 15 October 2006

SABC interdict against M&G Online dismissed

Just after midnight, in the early hours of Sunday morning, Johannesburg High Court Judge Zukiswa Tshiqi dismissed with costs the SABC’s application to have the Mail & Guardian Online remove a report on the blacklisting of certain analysts and commentators by the broadcaster. ”I don’t believe that it is okay to suppress information or to hide information written in the report,” she told the court.

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/ 11 October 2006

Small plane crashes into NY high-rise

A small aircraft crashed into a high-rise building in New York City on Wednesday, killing at least two people and prompting US authorities to scramble fighter jets as a precaution. Officials emphasised the crash was not an act of terrorism but an accident. The accident claimed the life of American baseball player Cory Lidle, who was thought to be piloting the plane.